Rail-joint.



P. HADNAGY.

RAIL JOINT. I APPLICATION FILED DEG.20,1913,

Patented Mar. 31, 191% M a m 7 v M mi 9 Y residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne substantial supporting area for the base ufac-ture and highly efiicient for the pursaid splice bars having lateral base plates i the outer ides thereof cation, reference being had therein to the Reference will now be had to the draw are slotted, as at 10, whereby spikes or other.

' PETER H QDNAGY, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31,1914.

Application filed December 20, 1913. Serial No. 808,010.

To all 'oihom z'tiwtay concern:

Be it known that I, PETER HADNAGY, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

and State of Michigan, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Bail- Joints, of which the following is a specifiaccompanying drawings. I

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide simple and effective means for expeditiously connecting the confronting ends of rails without resorting to the use of bolts with nuts; second to provide a strong and I durable rail joint that afiords a large and flanges of rails; third, to provide inter-locking isplice bars that prevent lateral and vertica displacement of rails, and fourth, to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that is inexpensive to manposes for which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed. I

ing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rail joint; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the rail joint;- Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view of the rail joint. To connect the confronting or abutting ends of rails .1, I use splice bars 2 and 3,

4 and 5' respectively supporting the base flanges 6 of .the rails. The splice-bars 2 and 3 engage t e webs 7 of the rails and support the heads thereof, Said splice bars having I provided with stiffening or I einforcing ribs 8. The ribs 8 are arranged at the ends and also intermediate the ends of the splice bars, the stiffening or reinforcing ribs at the'ends of the bars merging into lateral extensions 9, which fastening means can be employed for securthe lateral extensions to ties, sleepers or or adjoining edges of the'bas'e plates 4 and 5 are disposed at an angle, as best shown in Fig. 2, and these edges of thebase plates are provided with depending lugs 11 and 12, the lugs 11 being carried'by the base plate 5 and the lugs 12 by the base plate 4. The lugs are arranged to extend'over the meeting edges of the base plates 4: and 5 and the lugs 11 are provided with pins 13 adapted to enter openings 1 1 provided'therefor in the lugs 12. The arrangement of the lugs 11 and 12 is such that the base plates 4 and 5 can be placed together and then one shifted longitudinally of the other, whereby the pins 13 will engage in the lugs 12 and prevent lateral displacement of one splice bar relatively to the other. v

The splice bar 2 is provided with pins 15 that arev riveted, brazed or otherwise mounted in openings provided therefor in the splice bar and are adapted to extend through slots or openings 16 formed in the set portions 23 within the slots or'openings 16, whereby the expansion of the rails 7 is limited to a certain degree at the confronting ends-of the joint. The pins 15 are provided with angularly disposed outer ends 17 which are slit, as at 18. The inner side of the splice bar 3. is provided with longitudinal grooves 19, said grooves merging into openings 20 in said splice bar. The grooves19 provide clearance for the angu I larly disposed ends 17 of the pins 15, when being assembled and saidthe splice bars are grooves serve as guides whereby the angularly disposed ends of the pins 15 will enter the openings 20. The feathered or thin edges of the openings 20'are strengthened or kwebs 7 of the rails. The pins 15 have offreinforced by ribs 21 and after the splice bars have been placed in engagement'with the rails, a split portion 22 of each pin is bent into engagement with the ribs 21.

In assembling the parts of the rail joint,

the openin s 16 in the webs 7 of the rails I are of a sufficient length to provide clearance for the angularly disposed ends 17 of the pins 15, consequently the railscan be easily placed in engagement with the splice bar 2.

lhe splicebar 3 can then be placed inposition and shifted longitudinally of the rails until the angularly disposed ends of the pins 15 enter the openings 20. By then using a suitable tool the split portions-22' of the pins can be bent into engagement with the splice bar 3 to lock said splice bar relatively to the splice bar 2. {Since the splice bar 3;

can only be moved in one direction relatively to the splice bar 2, it is apparent that tltei within the scope 'of split portions 22 of the pins 15 will lock said 1 splice bars against accidental displacement. From the foregoinglit will he observed that the splice barsean be easily cast and that their construction is such as to-withstand a great weight of rolling stock to which they are subjected. The base plates of the splice bars prevent the confronting or abutting ends of the rails from breaking down, and it-is thought that the utility of the rail joint will be apparent without further description.

"One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible of such variations and modifications as fall the appended claims. What I claim is:- 1. Ina rail joint, the combination] with rails, of splice bars, hase' plates carried by said splice bars and adapted to supportthe base flanges of said rails, depending lugs carried by the base plates of said splice-bars, pins carried some ofsaid li'lgtsand'extending into the (ther of said lugs. a a I adapted to 1 event displacement of said base pla :S, and transverse pins carried i by one of said spiicr bars and adapted to ex- 1 tend through Webs of said rails and interlockwith the other of said splice bars. 2. In a rail joint, the combination With rails, of splice bars engaging the sides of said rails, pins carried by one of said splice bars and adapted to extend through the webs of said rails, said pins having angularly disposed siit ends, the other splice bar having the inner sidethereof provided with 1 said rails, and said grooves terminating in openings adapted to receive the ends of said pins, and said pins having slit portions thereof bent into engagement with the edges of the openings in .said splice'bar.

3. In a raiijoint, the combination with rails having the webs thereof provided with openings, of splice bars engaging the sides of said rails, pins carried by one of said splice bars and. extending into the other of said splice bars, said pins having offset portions within the openings of the Webs of pins having split ends whereby a split portlon of each pin can be bent into engagement with a splice-bar to retain said bar in engagement with said rails.

4. In a rail joint, the combination with. rails having the webs thereof provided with openings, of splice bars engaging the sides of said rails, one of said spiice bar-shaving the inner side thereof provided with iongitudinal grooves terminating in openings, ribs reinforcing edges of said openings, pins carriedby the other of said splice bars and having oif-set portions in the slots of said rails, and said pins having slit portions extending into the'openings of said spiice bar with a slit In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER HADNAGY.

Copies ni this patent may'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tlie(icmmissioner of IPQiZCTtS,

Washington, 1 G9 portion-ofeach pin bent inte engagement wlth the rib of said splice bar. 

